Title
Heuristically Optimized Trade-Offs: A New Paradigm for Power Laws in the Internet
Abstract
We propose a plausible explanation of the power law distributions of degrees observed in the graphs arising in the Internet topology [Faloutsos, Faloutsos, and Faloutsos, SIGCOMM 1999] based on a toy model of Internet growth in which two objectives are optimized simultaneously: "last mile" connection costs, and transmission delays measured in hops. We also point out a similar phenomenon, anticipated in [Carlson and Doyle, Physics Review E 1999], in the distribution of file sizes. Our results seem to suggest that power laws tend to arise as a result of complex, multi-objective optimization.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2002
ICALP
multi-objective optimization,file size,plausible explanation,power law distribution,power law,new paradigm,heuristically optimized trade-offs,last mile,physics review e,power laws,internet growth,internet topology,connection cost,multi objective optimization
Field
DocType
Volume
Internet topology,Heuristic,Mathematical optimization,Toy model,Last mile,Computer science,Degree distribution,Transmission time,Power law,The Internet
Conference
2380
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
0302-9743
3-540-43864-5
115
PageRank 
References 
Authors
12.25
7
3
Search Limit
100115
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Alex Fabrikant184755.60
Elias Koutsoupias21894182.77
Christos H. Papadimitriou3166713192.54